The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 1

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : FelonyandMayhem+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1631942719
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 1 written by Ngaio Marsh and published by FelonyandMayhem+ORM. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first three Inspector Roderick Alleyn novels from “a peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery” (Kirkus Reviews). This volume includes three books in the classic detective series from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master: A Man Lay Dead: During a country-house party between the two world wars, servants bustle, gin flows, and the host, Sir Hubert Handesley, has invented a new and especially exciting version of that beloved parlor entertainment, The Murder Game . . . Enter a Murderer: A policeman in the audience sees an all-too-real death scene on a London stage in a mystery “good enough to satisfy the most critical reader of detective stories” (The New York Times). The Nursing Home Murder: A Member of Parliament has unexpectedly died on a visit the hospital, and any number of people could be suspects, including a sour surgeon, a besotted nurse, a resentful wife, and a cabinet full of political rivals . . . “It’s time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around.” —New York Magazine

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Felony & Mayhem Press
ISBN 13 : 1937384314
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death in a White Tie written by Ngaio Marsh and published by Felony & Mayhem Press. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high-society homicide is the talk of the London season . . .“Marsh’s writing is a pleasure.” —The Seattle Times It’s debutante season in London, and that means giggles and tea-dances, white dresses and inappropriate romances . . ..and much too much champagne. And, apparently, a blackmailer, which is where Inspector Roderick Alleyn comes in. The social whirl is decidedly not Alleyn’s environment, so he brings in an assistant in the form of Lord “Bunchy” Gospell, everybody’s favorite uncle. Bunchy is more than lovable; he’s also got some serious sleuthing skills. But before he can unmask the blackmailer, a murder is announced. And everyone suddenly stops giggling . . . “It’s time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around.” —New York Magazine “[Her] writing style and vivid characters and settings made her a mystery novelist of world renown.” —The New York Times

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312963583
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Man Lay Dead written by Ngaio Marsh and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-10-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Murdered. At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor game of "Murder." Yet no one is laughing when the lights come up on an actual corpse, the good-looking and mysterious Charles Rankin. Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to find a complete collection of alibis, a missing butler, and an intricate puzzle of betrayal and sedition in the search for the key player in this deadly game.

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Felony & Mayhem Press
ISBN 13 : 163194049X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black As He's Painted written by Ngaio Marsh and published by Felony & Mayhem Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visiting dignitary in London asks for security—and gets extra help from a clever feline—in a novel starring “the nonpareil among criminal investigators” (The New York Times). Superintendent Alleyn’s old school chum, nicknamed the “Boomer,” has become the president of the newly emerged African nation of Ng’ombwana, newly emerged in the wake of colonialism. Old school ties being what they are, his friend—making an official visit to London—insists that Alleyn handle his security, rather than Her Majesty’s Special Branch. The Special Branch is not best pleased about this, as the Boomer is known to have some very deadly enemies, and the threats only increase when the Ng’ombwanan ambassador is killed. Happily for the Boomer, not only is Alleyn up to the task, but he is assisted by a rescued cat who proves extremely adept at finding clues . . . “The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.” —Times Literary Supplement

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Felony & Mayhem Press
ISBN 13 : 1937384454
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death at the Bar written by Ngaio Marsh and published by Felony & Mayhem Press. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At an English pub, a dart becomes a deadly weapon: “Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A.” —The New York Times A game of darts does involve some danger, but it’s rarely lethal. There are exceptions, however, like the famous barrister who was enjoying a pint at the Plume of Feathers pub, and is now residing at the morgue. But Inspector Roderick Alleyn has a growing hunch that this peculiar “accident” can be traced to an old legal case . . . “A peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Felony & Mayhem Press
ISBN 13 : 1937384470
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Died in the Wool written by Ngaio Marsh and published by Felony & Mayhem Press. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspector digs into a cold case on a New Zealand sheep farm in this “well-sustained crime story” from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master (Kirkus Reviews). Flossie Rubrick, a highly opinionated and influential member of the New Zealand Parliament, was last seen heading off to one of the storage sheds on her sheep farm. Three weeks later, she turned up dead and packed in a bale of her own wool. What happened on the night of her long-ago disappearance? In the country on counterespionage duty, Inspector Roderick Alleyn is happy to lend a hand. “The doyenne of traditional mystery writers.” —The New York Times

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780425023686
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Final Curtain written by Ngaio Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312966706
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enter A Murderer written by Ngaio Marsh and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-12-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crime was committed on stage at the theatre, when an unloaded gun fired a very real bullet; the victim was an actor clawing his way to stardom using blackmail instead of talent; the suspects included two unwilling girlfriends and several relieved blackmail victims. The stage was set for one of Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn's most baffling cases.

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780006512561
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Artists in Crime written by Ngaio Marsh and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It started as a student exercise, the knife under the drape, the model's pose chalked in place. But before Agatha Troy, artist and instructor, returns to the class, the pose has been re-enacted in earnest: the model is dead.

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Felony & Mayhem Press
ISBN 13 : 163194066X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Light Thickens written by Ngaio Marsh and published by Felony & Mayhem Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, this tale of death at the Dolphin Theatre has “wit, charm, and oodles of atmosphere” (Kirkus Reviews). Among theater folk, “the Scottish play” is considered unlucky, so much so that tradition requires anyone who utters its proper name backstage to leave the building, spin around, spit, curse, and then request permission to re-enter. As director Peregrine Jay directs a production of Shakespeare’s great work at the Dolphin Theater, misfortune does indeed abound, including some ugly practical jokes—and a grisly death for the leading man. It’s up to Roderick Alleyn to find out who has blood on their hands . . . “No playwright could devise a better curtain.” —Los Angeles Times “As always she writes most elegantly.” —Daily Telegraph “The doyenne of traditional mystery writers.” —The New York Times