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‘Miss Marsh triumphs.’
Daily Telegraph
‘High-spirited, amusing .. neatly contrived from start to finish.’
New Statesman
‘As high-spirited and amusing as Surfeit of Lampreys.’
New Statesman
Mary Bellamy, aging darling of the London stage, holds a 50th birthday party: a gala where she has assembled everyone who loves her and fears her power. Then someone uses a deadly insect spray on Mary instead of the azaleas.
The suspects, all very theatrically, are playing the part of mourners. Superintendent Alleyn has to find out which one has played the part of murderer...
'The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers'
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'As high-spirited and amusing as Surfeit of Lampreys... neatly contrived from start to finish.'
NEW STATESMAN
'Her work is as nearly flawless as makes no odds. Character, plot, wit, good writing and sound technique.'
SUNDAY TIMES
'The finest writer in the English language of the pure classical puzzle whodunit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an Empress'
THE SUN
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