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When the President of Ng'ombwana proposes to dispense with the security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate, Superintendent Alleyn persuades him to do otherwise. However, an assassin does strike, and Alleyn discovers a wealth of suspects in a coterie of ex-colonials.
The luxury mansion was an ideal place for the world-famous soprano to rest after her triumphant tour. Chief Superintendent Alleyn and his wife were among the house guests - but theirs was not a social visit. When tragedy struck, Alleyn was to face one of his trickiest cases.
The complete series of Ngaio Marsh reissues concludes with the re-publication of this 20th anniversary edition of this, her final novel.
The new series of Ngaio Marsh editions concludes with a new edition of her autobiography.
Ngaio Marshâ??s most popular novel begins when a young New Zealanderâ??s first contact with the English gentry is the body of Lord Wutherford â?? with a meat skewer through the eyeâ?¦
A winter weekend ends in snowbound disaster in a novel which remains a favourite among Marsh readers.
It was a horrible death - Questing was lured into a pool of boiling mud. Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, far from home on a wartime quest for German agents, knew that anyone could have killed the man - the English spies he despised, the Maoris he insulted or the spies he thwarted.
A country house murder, artistic insight and the post-war reunion of Alleyn and Troy combine in Ngaio Marsh's wittiest and most readable novel.
The Vulcan Theatre had been Martyn Tarne's last hope. She was glad to accept the humble job of dresser to its leading lady. And then came the opening night. To Martyn it brought a strange turn of fortune - but to one distinguished member of the cast it was to bring sudden and unforeseen death.
Pagan revelry and morris dancing in the middle of a very cold winter set the scene for one of Ngaio Marshâ??s most fascinating murder mysteries.
The restoration of a bombed-out London theatre ends in violent death - and one of Marsh's most vivid and dramatic novels
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued in B-format.
Ngaio Marsh's bestselling and ingenious third novel remains one of the most popular pieces of crime fiction of all time.
A touring theatre company in New Zealand forms the basis of one of Marsh’s most ambitious and innovative novels. New Zealand theatrical manager Alfred Meyer wanted to celebrate his wife’s birthday in style. The piece de résistance would be the jeroboam of champagne which would descend gently into a nest of fern and coloured lights on the table, set up on stage after the performance. But something went horribly wrong. Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn witnessed it himself. Was Meyer’s death the product of Maori superstitions? Or something much more down to earth?
One of Ngaio Marsh�s most famous murder mysteries, which introduces Inspector Alleyn to his future wife, the irrepressible Agatha Troy.
Debutantes and chaperones were planning their luncheons, teas, dinners, balls. And the blackmailer was planning his strategies, stalking his next victim. But Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn knew that something was up. He had already planted his friend Lord Robert Gospell at the scene.
It was planned as an act of charity: a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. But its extension was doomed when Miss Campanula sat down to play. A chord was struck, a shot rang out and Miss was dead. A case of sinister infatuation for the brilliant Inspector Alleyn.
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel which features blood-curdling murders in the confines of a riverboat, the Zodiac, cruising through Constable country.
Man Lay Dead / Enter a Murderer / The Nursing Home Murder
Ngaio Marsh
Harpercollins Publishers
2009
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Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crimeâ??s first book, the first volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.