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Showing posts with label Ngaio Marsh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ngaio Marsh. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Challenge Complete: Ngaio Marsh Part II

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Ngaio Marsh Challenge: Ngaio Marsh is one of the 'Big Four,' Golden Age authors, who include Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie and ...
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Killer Dolphin

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Killer Dolphin (1966) by Ngaio Marsh is a mystery whose title has a double meaning. The Dolphin refers in part to the Dolphin Theater, a Vi...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Dead Water

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Dead Water (1963) by Ngaio Marsh takes us back to the village setting--this time a small fishing community at Portcarrow. It begins with a ...
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Friday, October 11, 2019

Hand in Glove (with a few spoilery bits)

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Hand in Glove (1962) by Ngaio Marsh April Fool's Day seems to Lady Bantling to be the perfect time to throw a scavenger hunt dinner...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

False Scent

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False Scent (1959) by Ngaio Marsh finds Inspector Roderick Alleyn investigating another murder in the theatrical world. This time the murde...
Sunday, August 25, 2019

Singing in the Shrouds

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Singing in the Shrouds (1958) by Ngaio Marsh finds Inspector Roderick Alleyn pursuing a serial killer who follows his deed with a bit of so...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Death of a Fool

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Death of a Fool (1957; originally Off With His Head ) by Ngaio Marsh Set just after World War II, Marsh represents a rural village in Eng...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Scales of Justice

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Scales of Justice (1955) is one of Ngaio Marsh's most classically British mysteries. In fact, despite its 1955 printing date, it has a ...
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Monday, May 13, 2019

Spinsters in Jeopardy: Spoilerish Review

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To discuss the novel in the way I would like, I may reveal more of the plot than those who have not yet read the book would like. Forge ahea...
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Opening Night: Review

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Opening Night (aka Night at the Vulcan ; 1951) finds Ngaio Marsh returning to the world of theatre--comfortable home turf for an author who...
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Friday, March 15, 2019

A Wreath for Rivera: Review

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A Wreath for Rivera (1st pub as Swing Brother Swing; 1949) by Ngaio Marsh finds Lord Pastern & Bagott, the very model of eccentric Brit...
Sunday, February 17, 2019

Final Curtain: Review

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Final Curtain (1947) by Ngaio Marsh finds Agatha Troy waiting for her husband's return from several years of war work in New Zealand an...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019

Died in the Wool: Review

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Died in the Wool (1945) by Ngaio Marsh finds Inspector Alleyn still in New Zealand hunting spies in World War II. Alleyn had already been h...
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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Colour Scheme: Mini-Review

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Possibly Spoilerific....Read at your own risk if you have any desire to read Ngaio Marsh's mysteries. So...the last time I read Ngaio...
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Saturday, November 17, 2018

Ngaio Marsh Challenge II: My Sign-Up

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Ngaio Marsh Challenge: Ngaio Marsh is one of the 'Big Four,' Golden Age authors, who include Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie a...
Monday, November 12, 2018

Death & the Dancing Footman

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Death & the Dancing Footman (1941) by Ngaio Marsh is one of those Golden Age mystery stand-bys: a murder at a country house party--and ...