Ngaio Marsh

Death in a White Tie is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh. It is the seventh novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1938. The plot concerns the murder of a British lord after a party. It was adapted for television in a 1993 episode of The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, a BBC production. The director …

Death in Ecstasy is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the fourth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1936. When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the House of the Sacred Flame, she was having a religious experience of a sort unsuspected by the …

«Tutti siete sospettati. E tutti mentite e recitate» L’ispettore capo di Scotland Yard, Roderick Alleyn accetta volentieri l’invito a teatro fattogli dall’amico giornalista Nigel Bathgate, aspettandosi di passare una bella serata. Lo spettacolo scorre piacevolmente fino all’ultimo atto, quando uno degli attori, Arthur …

Died in the Wool is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1945. The novel concerns the murder of a New Zealand parliamentarian on a remote sheep farm on the South Island of New Zealand, said to be located near Mount Cook. Like the previous …