A Man Lay Dead - Softcover

Marsh, Ngaio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0515075353 ISBN 13: 9780515075359

Publisher: Jove, 1984

Synopsis

To amuse his house guests Sir Hubert Handsley devises a new form of the murder game. But when the lights go up there is a real corpse, with a real dagger in its back - and seven suspects have had ample time to concoct amusing alibis.

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Review:

‘Faultless story-telling.’
New York Times

From the Back Cover:

THE ALLEYN MYSTERIES

To amuse his houseguests (and Sir Hubert is famous for his amusing house parties) Sir Hubert Handesley devises a new form of the Murder Game.

But when the lights go up there is a real corpse, with a real dagger in its back – and all seven suspects have had ample time to concoct amusing alibis...

"Ngaio Marsh transforms the detective story from a mere puzzle into a novel"
DAILY EXPRESS

"The finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an express."
THE SUN

About this edition

• Publisher: Jove
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0515075353
• ISBN 13: 9780515075359
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback