Nursing Home Murder - Softcover

Marsh, Ngaio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312969996 ISBN 13: 9780312969998

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 1999

Synopsis

For an unlucky member of parliament, a hospital stay is the unkindest cut of all...

When Britain's Home Secretary complained of abdominal pains, it seemed like a simple case of appendicitis. But minutes after his operation, the ill-fated politician lay dead on the table. When Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to dissect the situation, he finds many a likely suspect, including a vengeful surgeon, a lovelorn nurse, an unhappy wife, and a cabinet full of political foes.

About this title

Review:

‘Continues to be one of Ngaio’s most popular novels, and has outstripped all her other titles in sales.’
MARGARET LEWIS

‘Ngaio Marsh transforms the detective story from a mere puzzle into a novel.’
DAILY EXPRESS

‘She is astoundingly good.’
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 Empress.’
THE SUN

From the Back Cover:

THE ALLEYN MYSTERIES

Sir John Phillips, the Harley Street surgeon, and his beautiful nurse Jane Harden are almost too nervous to operate. The emergency case on the table before them is the Home Secretary – and they both have very good, personal reasons to wish him dead.

Within hours he does die, although the operation itself was a complete success, and Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn must find out why...

"Nobody begins to touch Ngaio Marsh's skill at creating corpses and suspects...Her dialogue is a continuous delight."
NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE

"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: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312969996
• ISBN 13: 9780312969998
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192