A Man Lay Dead - Softcover

Marsh, Ngaio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000615591X ISBN 13: 9780006155911

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1994

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.

About this title

About the Author

Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh’s real passion was the theatre. She was both an actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her ‘damery’ in 1966.

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

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000615591X
• ISBN 13: 9780006155911
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192