Surfeit of Lampreys
 Surfeit indeed: This book generally is considered Marsh's best mystery, but I dissent. It is more a comedy of manners with an incidental murder. Those who value the puzzle plot most should look elsewhere. BTW, the English title is Surfeit of Lampreys, a [... more]
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Death in Ecstasy
Just short of excellent: First published in 1936, this mystery is just a bit dated, as one might expect. It is a little too polite by today's standards: the detective and his confidants are never in jeopardy. There is but the one murder and no real [... more]
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Final Curtain
WWII Homecoming: While waiting for her husband to return from the war after too long apart, Agatha Troy accepts a commission to paint the eccentric actor Sir Henry Ancred at his family home Ancreton. While the book has many strong points, the plot [... more]
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Death at the Bar
Good Intricate Poisoning: One of Marsh's most tightly-knit jobs. Victim a famous K.C., poisoned with KNC in the private taproom of a Devon inn while taking part in a demonstration of darts-throwing; plenty of good circumstantial detail leads to [... more]
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Death and the Dancing Footman
Thoroughly Enjoyable: Wealthy, self-indulgent Jonathan Royal has decided to amuse himself by hosting a houseparty--but not so much for the pleasure of his visitors as for the satisfaction of his own sense of mischief: his guests have been selected for [... more]
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A Man Lay Dead
What a wonderful start: In 1934 Ngaio Marsh gave us the first of a series which for lovers of the English cozy deserves to be known better than I think it is. This, the first in the series gets things off to a great start. True, this may not be Ms. Marsh' [... more]
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L'assassin aux fleurs
Author: Ngaio Marsh Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 828'.91 EAN: 9782264022202 ISBN: 2264022205 Number Of Pages: 286 Publication Date: 1996-01-23 [... more]
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Night at the Vulcan
My Favorite Ngaio Marsh book: Night at the Vulcan has everything; sympathetic (and endearing) characters, lots of Shakespearean quotes, realistic dialogue, two very different (but equally satisfying) love stories, gorgeous prose...all of the things I [... more]
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Hand in Glove
Well timed mystery.: One of the pleasures of reading Ngaio Marsh' Alleyn mysteries, is that not only are the mysteries puzzling, but that she has a way of bringing her characters to vivid life. While her skill at writing is largely responsible, so too is [... more]
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Enter a Murderer
Ugh: Ugh! I've read about 6 other books in this series and enjoyed them all. This was a big disappointment. Incredibly boring and long-winded. I really look forward to the characterization in these books but this time they were very poorly described and [... more]
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Artists in Crime
1930s Style at Its Best: This novel, which relates the first meeting between Scotland Yard Inspector Roderick Alleyn and the artist Agatha Troy, is both a good mystery and a good picture of what kind of book was popular in the 1930s. After Alleyn and [... more]
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Black As He's Painted
Author: Ngaio Marsh Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780006512288 ISBN: 0006512283 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2000-05-04 [... more]
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