False Scent: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #21 - Softcover

Marsh, Ngaio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1631940198 ISBN 13: 9781631940194

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem, 2015

Synopsis

Mary Bellamy is the sweetheart of the London stage, fluffy as only an elderly lady of 50(!) can be. Her fans and friends and who didn t adore, positively adore darling Mary? are heartbroken when somehow Mary manages to spritz herself not with her favorite perfume but with the deadly insecticide meant to be sprayed on the azaleas. Inspector Alleyn begins by smelling something fishy (everything he learns about lovely, fragile Mary suggests that in fact she was a rather vicious battleax), but he very quickly starts smelling something different something like a rat."

About this title

Review:

‘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

From the Back Cover:

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'
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

'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

About this edition

• Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1631940198
• ISBN 13: 9781631940194
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240