Scales of Justice - Softcover

Marsh, Ngaio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0515079170 ISBN 13: 9780515079173

Publisher: Jove, 1984

Synopsis

Colonel Cartarette's body lies sprawled beside the River Chyne, beside him is the giant trout he has been trying to catch for years. They both died by violence - but it is the fish that will be playing the starring role in the murder investigation.

About this title

Review:

Winner of a Crime Writers’
Association
‘Red Herring Award’
in 1955

‘The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers’
Times Literary Supplement

‘Excellently characterized, Miss Marsh’s best yet. Observer

‘The detection is first class. The whole affair is written with style and distinction.’
BBC

‘The finest writer in the English languange of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an Empress.’
The Sun

Book Description:

A brutal murder with a golf club and an ingenious plot bursting with snobbery, suspicion , adultery and secrets - to say nothing of the dreadful crime of catricide...

About this edition

• Publisher: Jove
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0515079170
• ISBN 13: 9780515079173
• Binding: Paperback