Photo Finish: 31 (Inspector Roderick Alleyn) - Softcover

Marsh, Ngaio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1631940678 ISBN 13: 9781631940675

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem, 2016

Synopsis

As in her previous book, Grave Mistake, Ngaio Marsh offers up a lady of a certain age, high-strung and hyperventilating, two ticks short of neurosis. Photo Finish s dead diva, the soprano Isabella Sommita, was widely loathed, so much so that the problem is less a lack of plausible suspects than an embarrassment of options. Though the grand country-house and with it, the country-house murder was history by 1980, when Photo Finish was originally published, Dame Ngaio got around the problem by setting the story on a lavish island estate, cut off from the mainland by a sudden storm. Happily, Inspector Alleyn is among the guests, and can take charge in the coppers absence. The penultimate book in the series, Photo Finish is also one of only four books set in Marsh s native New Zealand. It s nice to think that she came home at the end."

About this title

From the Back Cover:

THE ALLEYN MYSTERIES

Lake Waihoe, New Zealand was the ideal place for the world-famous soprano to rest after her triumphant tour. Chief Superintendent Allen and his wife were among the house guests.

But after a private performance tragedy struck and the peace of the island was shattered. With a houseful of suspects, now isolated by one of the lake's sudden storms, Alleyn faces one of his trickiest cases...

"This brilliant New Zealander Ngaio March claims a high level as to sheer writing and still more as a view of humanity."
ELIZABETH BOWEN

"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 the Author:

Dame Ngaio Marsh was one of the queens of the golden age of mystery and the author of 32 titles in the Inspector Roderick Alleyn series. She was born and grew up in New Zealand.

About this edition

• Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1631940678
• ISBN 13: 9781631940675
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264