Collected Short Mysteries
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (872 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01HP3EESS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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She was born in New Zealand and lived both in New Zealand and England.. Ngaio Marsh was one of the celebrated queens of the traditional British mystery, alongside Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, and Dorothy Sayers. She is the author of 32 novels in the Inspector Alleyn series
About the AuthorNgaio Marsh was one of the celebrated queens of the traditional British mystery, alongside Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, and Dorothy Sayers. She is the author of 32 novels in the Inspector Alleyn series. She was born in New Zealand and lived both in New Zealand and England.
Five Stars Love all of her books.. Three Stars I liked but I have read stories of hers that are better. She really is a good author.. Five Stars susan m cramer She's worth rereading.
But this collection also offers a lot we haven’t seen before, gives us access to rooms in Dame Ngaio’s imagination that we hadn’t known existed.. There is something wonderful about watching a writer go for the unfamiliar, write short pieces instead of novels, true crime rather than fiction, fiction without the support of – well, in this case, without Inspector Alleyn. If it did, none of us would read series fiction. He’s here (and Troy is too); their devotees will not be disappointed. “Not another book about Inspector Alleyn!” When it comes to Ngaio Marsh – and in truth, one or two other writers we could mention – familiarity has tended mostly to breed delight.And yet. Familiarity doesn’t always breed contempt. “Noooo,” we’d whine