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  • Audiobook

    A Wreath for Rivera

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...
    Series Audiobook 15 - The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

    Unabridged

    8 hours 55 min

    Lord Pastern fired his revolver. The figure in the spotlight fell and the coup-de-theatre had become murder. Could Inspector Alleyn believe Pastern had let hatred of his future son-in-law go too far?When Lord Pastern Bagott takes up with the hot music of Breezy Bellair and His Boys, his disapproving wife Cecile has more than usual to be unhappy about. The band's devastatingly handsome but roguish ... Read more

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  • The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 1

    A Man Lay Dead, Enter a Murderer, The Nursing Home Murder

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series series Roderick Alleyn
    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 ... Read more

    Was $25.99 USD Now $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 4

    Surfeit of Lampreys, Death and the Dancing Footman, and Colour Scheme

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series series Roderick Alleyn
    Three witty murder mysteries featuring British Inspector Roderick Alleyn, from a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master.Surfeit of Lampreys : The upper-crust Lamprey family exemplifies charm, wit, and a chronic lack of funds. Their only source of hope is the wealthy but unpleasant Lord Wutherwood. When his Lordship is killed and the Lampreys receive a sizeable inheritance, Inspector Roderick ... Read more

    $34.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 3

    Death in a White Tie, Overture to Death, Death at the Bar

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series series Roderick Alleyn
    Three witty novels by "the finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit" ( The Sun).This volume includes three books in the Golden Age detective series from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master:Death in a White Tie: A high-society homicide is the talk of the London season: "Marsh's writing is a pleasure." — The Seattle TimesOverture to De... ... Read more

    $28.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hand in Glove

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 22 - Roderick Alleyn
    A deadly dull man is now just plain dead in this novel by "a peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery." — Kirkus ReviewsOne has to admit that the timing was peculiar. No one could doubt that Mr. Percival Pyke Period was genuinely distraught to hear that his neighbor, Harry Cartell, had turned up dead in a ditch. But how is it that Mr. Percival Pyke came to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scales of Justice

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 18 - Roderick Alleyn
    An aristocrat dies under fishy circumstances in this tale by "the finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit" ( The Sun).In an almost unspeakably charming little English village, one of the local aristocrats turns up dead next to the local trout-stream with, in fact, a trout at his side. Everyone is dreadfully upset, of course, but really, just a tad irritated as ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Final Curtain

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...
    Series Audiobook 14 - The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

    Unabridged

    9 hours 40 min

    Murder gets into the act in Ngaio Marsh's wittiest and most readable novel—and aShakespearean actor takes his final bow.Beautiful Troy Alleyn, artist wife of Inspector Alleyn, had been warned about the famed old Shakespearean actor Sir Henry and his eccentric household. But she was not prepared for the acts of malice and mischief that would ensue at his birthday party.Now Sir Henry is dead, after ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Colour Scheme

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...
    Series Audiobook 12 - The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

    Unabridged

    9 hours 46 min

    Even down in New Zealand, war-fueled spy fever is running wild. Near the decaying sulphur springs of Colonel and Mrs. Claire, the strange lights and signals being sent to foreign ships at sea indicate that there's a spy in their midst.Soon an even darker sign appears: a health-seeker with untoward intentions meets his demise in the boiling mud baths. Scotland Yard'sChief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, ... Read more

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  • Artists in Crime

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 6 - Roderick Alleyn
    A model is murdered in this "first-rate" detective story by the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master ( Kirkus Reviews).On a ship traveling back to England, Miss Agatha Troy finds Inspector Roderick Alleyn tedious and dull; he thinks she's a bohemian cliché. They may be destined for romance, but there's a murder in the way: No sooner has Alleyn settled in to his mother's house, eager for a ... Read more

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  • The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 2

    Death in Ecstasy, Vintage Murder, Artists in Crime

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series series Roderick Alleyn
    Three compelling tales of crime featuring the sharp-witted British police detective: "Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A." — The New York TimesThis volume includes three books in the classic detective series from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master:Death in Ecstasy: Tainted wine sends a member of a religious sect to meet her maker in a witty mystery marked by "quiet, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Spinsters in Jeopardy

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...
    Series Audiobook 17 - The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

    Unabridged

    9 hours 14 min

    En route to a family vacation on the French Riviera, Inspector Roderick Alleyn glimpses from the train a shocking tableau. In a moonlit window, a white-robed figure raises a knife to a woman's shadow. Thus begins his incognito exploration of the Chateau of the Silver Goat, where a jet-set cult's "Way of Life" could spell death for a maiden lady of a certain age—and even for Alleyn's own young son ... Read more

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  • Collected Short Mysteries

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    A delightfully eclectic assortment of short works by the renowned author, including stories featuring her famous detective Inspector Alleyn.Fans of Ngaio Marsh, the New Zealand-born author and Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, will find much of interest in this unique collection. Included are short stories—some featuring Roderick Alleyn, "the nonpareil among criminal investigators" ( The ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus