A Grave Mistake: 30 (Inspector Roderick Alleyn) - Softcover

Marsh, Ngaio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1631940546 ISBN 13: 9781631940545

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem, 2016

Synopsis

There will always be an England, and in the world of traditional crime fiction, there will always be an Upper Quintern, the sort of Little English Village that is home mostly to the very rich and the servants who make their lives delightful. But Sybil Foster s life is not delightful, even if she does have an extremely talented gardener. Exhausted from her various family stresses a daughter, for instance, who wants to marry a man without a title! Sybil takes herself off to a local hotel that specializes in soothing shattered nerves. When she s killed, Inspector Alleyn has a real puzzler on his hands: Yes, she was silly, snobbish, and irritating. But if that were enough motive for murder, half of England would be six feet under."

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Review:

"It's time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around." --"New York "magazine

From the Back Cover:

THE ALLEYN MYSTERIES

At first it looked as if Sybil Foster had intentionally left the world: with two husbands dead, a daughter marrying the wrong man and – it later appeared – a debilitating disease, it was no wonder she took he own life.

But no-one believed she was the type – especially Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn. For the field was ripe with unfortunate engagements – one of them a very grave mistake.

"Splendid...intelligence, wit and sheer skill of storytelling."
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

"Marvellous...a really good book."
DAILY MAIL

"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: Felony & Mayhem
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1631940546
• ISBN 13: 9781631940545
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288