Ngaio Marsh Mystery Collection

Ngaio Marsh Books and Novels

From her first book in 1934 to her final volume just before her death in 1982, Ngaio Marsh's work has remained legendary, consistently compared to that of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Dorothy L. Sayers. During her celebrated fifty-year career, Marsh was made a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, named Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire, won numerous prestigious awards and penned 32 mystery novels. So sit back, draw the curtains, lock the doors and put yourself in the hands of the Grande Dame of detective novels . . .

When in Rome by Ngaio Marsh

In a subterranean grotto of Mithraic sacrifice, a member of a guided tour vanishes, and Inspector Alleyn must forego his holiday to investigate.

Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh

The Christmas eve Druid Pageant at Hilary Bill-Tasman's manor turns deadly when one of the players disappears into the snowy night, and the hired help turns out to be paroled murderers from the local prison.

Death of a Peer by Ngaio Marsh

The Lampreys were a charming, eccentric, happy-go-lucky family, teetering on the edge of financial ruin. Until the gruesome murder of their uncle--an unpleasant Marquis, who met his untimely death while leaving the Lamprey flat--left them with a fortune. Now it's up to Inspector Roderick Alleyn to sift through the alibis to discover which Lamprey hides a ruthless killer behind an amiable facade.

Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh

For Inspector Roderick Alleyn, the trip was to be official; for his family, a Mediterranean romp. But a plot torn from the pages of a gothic novel soon engulfed them all. Alleyn's son was kidnapped. A very wealthy spinster was murdered. And in an eerie chateau, carved out of the Riviera mountainside, Alleyn faced the ultimate jet-set cult.

Light Thickens by Ngaio Marsh

When an actor portraying Macbeth is actually killed during Macbeth's death scene, Scotland Yard's Roderick Allen enters the world of London theater to investigate.

Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh

No one is more popular on London's champagne-and-caviar circuit than charming Lord Gospell. However, on the morning after the year's most glittering ball, someone finds a reason to asphyxiate "Bunchy" Gospell in a taxi headed across town. Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn is called in to find out who killed his old friend, and to cleverly unwind a tangle of murky secrets that began far from the ballroom floor.

Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh

After a lethal birthday dinner of champagne and crayfish, famed Shakespearian actor Sir Henry is dead, and the cast of suspects is a mile long.

Death and the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh

Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh

A murdered body is discovered on a farm, packed in a bale of wool--and Roderick Alleyn must find a wild, woolly killer.

Hand in Glove by Ngaio Marsh

All manner of friction fills the English country house shared by genteel retiree Percival Pyke Period and fuddy-duddy lawyer Harry Cartell. Until one of them, after a flamboyant dowager's treasure hunt party, is found murdered--face down in the mire of an open drain. Which of Superintendent Roderick Alleyn's suspects--linked by a tangled set of suspects--wore a crucial, missing pair of gloves to commit this dirty deed?.

Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh

Scotland Yard's Inspector Alleyn searches for the faceless ""Jampot,"" a ruthless killer who can take on any personality, among a large number of passengers on a cruise ship.

Last Ditch by Ngaio Marsh

On a beautiful island off the coast of France, Ricky Alleyn finds inspiration for a novel in the death of an equestrienne who rode as recklessly as she lived.

Photo Finish by Ngaio Marsh

A world-famous soprano is murdered while visiting a country house in New Zealand. Unfortunately for the murderer, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard is also a guest.

Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh

England is at war--this means "spy fever" for a quarrelsome collection of patriots at a shabby New Zealand resort, and a macabre murder that shocks even Scotland Yard!.

Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh

Setting in for a cozy night of brandy and darts at the pub, an inebriated lawyer suffers a seemingly harmless dart puncture. But within moments of his injury, the unlucky barrister loses more than a simple game of darts--he loses his life. Called in to investigate this alleged accident, Inspector Roderick Alleyn wonders about the rules of this friendly bar game--and probes into a pub full of motives for murder.

Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh

At the venerable Vulcan Theater, tensions are running high on opening night. There are the usual problems - muffled lines, a late curtain, egos butting heads - but the show must go on. And it does... until the entire production is upstaged when the leading man is found backstage, dead. Was it suicide or murder? Sir Roderick Alleyn assumes his role as detective in a puzzle that might be a macabre encore to a long-ago murder in the same behind-the-scenes quarters. Ngaio Marsh’s mystery takes the listener into something far more intriguing than ordinary backstage squabbles.

Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh

The script of the Unicorn Theatre's new play uncannily echoes a quarrel in the star's dressing room. And the stage drama gets all to real when charming Felix Gardener shoots his blustering rival, Arthur Surbonadier, dead-with a gun Arthur himself loaded with blanks. Or did he? How the live bullets got there, and why, make for a convoluted case that pits Inspector Roderick Alleyn against someone who rates and Oscar for a murderously clever performance.

Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh

Swevenings village is pretty as a picture, but its secrets are ugly; and its gentry dread the publication of Sir Harold Lacklander's memoirs. When one of them is murdered, Inspector Alleyn's investigation takes him through petty vendettas, an ex-commander's blend of whiskey and archery, and cocktails on the lawn with a femme fatale. But the motive he's angling for lies even deeper than the trout stream beneath the rustic bridge.

Death of a Fool by Ngaio Marsh

The village of South Mardian always observes the winter solstice with an ancient, mystical sword dance--complete with costumed performers. This year, however, the celebration turns into an execution when one of the dancers is murdered. Now Inspector Alleyn has to perform some nimble steps of his own to solve the case.

Singing in the Shrouds by Ngaio Marsh

Scotland Yard's Roderick Alleyn sets out on a luxury cruise in order to find out who murdered a woman and then left flowers on her body.

Killer Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh

The restored Dolphin Theater has a new hit play, inspired by the discovery of an authentic Shakespearean glove. But when greed becomes one of the main characters in the play, the Old Victorian playhouse becomes a theater of terror. Inspector Alleyn of Scotland Yard is assigned to the case, and he wants to know who parted the curtain to let murder make its entrance.

Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh

It was a bizarre pose for beautiful model Sonia Gluck--and her last. For in the draperies of her couch lay a fatal dagger, and behind her murder lies all the intrigue and acid-etched temperament of an artist's colony. Called in to investigate, Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn finds his own passions unexpectedly stirred by the fiesty painter Agatha Troy--brilliant artist and suspected murderess.

A Wreath for Rivera by Ngaio Marsh

When one of Lord Pastern's infamous jokes turns into the "accidental" death of a nightclub band member, Inspector Alleyn hears the unmistakable music of murder.

Dead Water by Ngaio Marsh

A week of death threats at a faith-healing resort ends in murder. Inspector Roderick Alleyn is then faced with the most challenging case of his career. What makes matters worse is the fact that one of the suspects is his oldest friend. In classic Marsh fashion, the other suspect turns out to be none other than the victim herself.

Grave Mistake by Ngaio Marsh

The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh

When Britain's Home Secretary complained of abdominal pains, it seemed like a simple case of appendicitis. But minutes after his operation, the ill-fated politician lay dead on the table. When Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to dissect the situation, he finds many a likely suspect, including a vengeful surgeon, a lovelorn nurse, an unhappy wife, and a cabinet full of political foes.

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